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fARRENTON, COUNTY OF VARREN, N. C.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1970
NUMBER S3
F re Ida Htght and Kathy Hlght are shown holding gifts with
George BurweU.
Warrenton Rotarians
Hold Children's Niaht
The Warrenton Rotary Club
held Its annual Children's Night
on Tuesday evening of last week
at the Lions Den. Sixty Rotarlans,
children and guests were
In attendance. The highlight of
the evening was the program by
Magician Bill Tadlock and his
wife, Sally, of Rocky Mount.
The children were treated
to a spaghetti dinner followed
by ice cream and fortune cookies.
At each place setting
were favors from the Citizens
Bank and Rotary Club. Under,
the Christmas tree- were individual
presents for the children
from the Rotarlans who lnvitt d
them.
Guests of the Rotarlans, in
addition to their own children,
weri the following:
Mary Lou Traylor and Owen
Mitchell, guests of Sam Massey;
Paylor Sprulll, guest of Pett
Boyd; Alice and Susan Dry den,
Eleanor Davis and Barry
Shields, guests of Robert Orvls:
Everette Elam, Jimmy Hawks
and Neblett Bullock, guests of
Tom Holt; Kearny Davis, Herbert
Thompson and Andrea
Thompson, guests of Jim Kerr;
Charlie Coffman, guest of J. B.
Thompson; Dlanne Brooks,
guest of Dr. Bunch; Fern Bugg,
guest of Will Fowler; Frelda
and Kalhy Hight, guests of
George Bur we 11; Richard
Blankenshlp, guest of Hugh
Holt; Linda Bobbltt, guest of
Bill Delbrldge; Jules Banzet and
little Jules, guests of Charles
JOhnson.
Rising Cost Of Living Affects
Warren Citizens
NEW YORK—to wnai extern
has the rising cost of living
affected residents of Warren
County?
How much income does a local
family have to have these days
to equal the purchasing power it
had four years ago?
Considerably more, according
to data obtained from the
Department of Labor, the National
Industrial Conference
Board and others, m the fouryear
period, they show, the
cost of the standard market
basket of goods and services
has gone up nearly 22 percent.
The rise this year was a record-breaker,
about 7.1 percent,
according to preliminary
figures. It topped the 1969 increase
of 6.S percent, the 1908,
hike of 4.9 percent and the 3.2
percent rise recorded in 1967.
Because of the erosion in the
value of the dollar, the average
Warren County family finds
Decorations Contest
Winners Announced
Winners in the annual Christmas
Decorations contest, sponsored
by the Warrenton Lions
dub, were announced Tuesday
morning as follows:
Outside decorations — The
9tv. and Mrs. Robert W. Orvis,
first prize; Mr. and Mrs.
F. M. Drake, second prize.
bistde decorations as viewed
from the outside—Mr. and
Mrs. H. V. MassengUl, first
prize; Mr. writ Mrs. N. M.
Millard, second prise.
Judging was by out-of-town
judges who used a point system.
mar 11 taxes nearly 9a now to
buy the same amount of goods
and services that could have
been obtained tor $4 In 1966.
Specifically, for the family
that had an Income of $5,000
four years ago, approximately
$6,080 would be required today.
Those that had $6,500 available
to them at that time need $7,900
now.
Families that were in the $7,500
bracket have to have $9,100
currently and those at the $10,000
level, nearly $12,200.
As a result, for the unemployed
and for those who are
living on fixed incomes, the
(See COST, page 3)
Thieves Break In
Ltcal Radio Station
Local officers are investigating
the break-In of Warrenton's
Radio Station WARR around 2
o'clock on Wednesday morning
of last week.
Two or more thelves entered
the station office through a
window and stole around $30
In cash and $6.00 in stamps.
Tbey emptied the files, drawers
and record files and cut off the
teletype system. They also ate
peanuts and soft drinks found in
the office.
IONS AWARD
Mr. and Mrs. c, B. Curtis
have been notified by Joseph V.
Goldback, president of the National
Bank of St. Petersburg,
FU , that their daughter, Mrs.
Sandra Pearoe has woo the
President's Award tor 1170
from the bank.
Decorations Contest Winners Are Announced
Winneri of tin 18T0 Home
Cferlatmas Decoration* contest
sponsored annually by the
Town H Country Garden Club
war* aamed on Mooter of thU
Mrs. Jerome E. Branch*,
OoUaf* Street, has been awarded
the prlte tor th* ^*at outdoor
decorations and Mrs.
t Henry H. Green, at WarrentonNorlina
Moid, th* prtas tor ta*
* •. beat Inside dscorrfloos that
could be rtswad from th* outNamed
tor honorable menlilif
i'h, ' , - •• ' if: JS.
tlon by the Judgea wars Mrs.
James Oopeland, Macon Rd.;
Mrs. Jethro Turner, Baltimore
Rd., Mrs. Mary Alston, Wast
Franklin Street; Mrs. John
Harris, Jr., Bote Street, Mrs.
George Burton att the Macon
BtL, and Mrs. Jtobart Green off
the Macon RdMrs.
B. w. Harris, pre aidant,
wishes to publicly thank
men uOMuimar who displayed
Christmas decorations sad
helped tomato War rentoo more
beautiful during the yuletkto
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BUI Tadlock, left, is shown performing rope trick with Owen Mitchell at Rotary Club's Children's
Night.
Shown above are Herbert Thompson, Robert Or vis, Andrea Thompson. Becky Williams
Susan Dryden, Alice Dryden, Selby Benton, Tony Delbrldge
Shown above are Sam Massey, Owen Mitchell, Linda Bobbltt, Lisa Delbrldge, Kathy Might,
George Burwell and Frelda Hlght.
in the
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*W« heartily wish that
this New Year bring*
to all of us the abidini
love and understanding
that lead*
Thanh you, our loyal
cuatomere for a
truly wonderful year.
VtstrYHto Are Elected At Emnuivel Episcopal Church
Three vestrymen were elected
for three-year term* at an
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
congregational meeting an Sinday
morning, Dec. 27.
They were John G. Mitchell,
who succeeds Gordon Polndex
tor} Laurie P. Beddoa, wtoo succeads
Mrs. Boyd Davti; and
Whttmel S. Pacplas, who succeeds
Mm. Junes l*,I ■
Jumi T. Kerr *u re-n
ad Senior Warden by the rector,
the Rtr. Robert W. or vis, who
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atoo presided over the meetin(.
Alban C. Fair was alao raateetad
Junior Wanton.
Othar vWKrymen am Arthur
3. Williams, Benjarata t. Tarrall,
Duke Jones and J. shipp
MoCarraU.
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Two Killed
In Warren
Accident
A Pennsylvania man and a
two-month-old baby riding in
his car were killed early
Christmas morning on Interstate
85 five miles south of t!)e
Virginia line In Warren County.
The highway patrol said the
car driven by Sidney Steele,
23, of Sharon Hills, Pa., was
traveling at high speed when a
tire blew out. The car left the
highway and overturned several
times. Also killed was
Dlanne Moore, 2, of Philadelphia.
Three others were Injured In
the crash.
L. A. Fowler Dies At
Local Hospital Sunday
Lucian A. Fowler, well known
farmer and resident of the Inez
community for many years, died
Sunday, Dec. 27, at Warren
General Hospital where he had
been a patient for several
months.
Funeral services were held at
2 p. m. Tuesday at Shady Grove
Methodist Church in Inez bythe
pastor, the Rev. William Haas,
assisted by the Rev. Ben Clark,
pastor of the Inez Baptist
Church. Burial was In the family
plot near his home.
Mr. Fowler was the son of
the late Elbert and Tabetha
Cooper Fowler of Knox County,
Tenn. He came to North Carolina
as a young man and married
Maud Connell who died In
1944. He was active in his home
church having served as Sunday
School superintendent, adult
teacher and lay reader.
He Is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Thais McClung Fowler,
formerly of Mt. Lookout, W.
Va., and two sons, Martin and
James, of the home.
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MAKES DEAN'S LIST
Alfred J, Ellington, in, son
of Alfred Ellington, Jr., of Warrenton,
made the Dean's List at
W. W. Holding Technical Institute
at Raleigh for the fall
quarter of work.
Miss Betsy Taylor of Orlando,
Fla., spent several days
here last week with Misses
{Catherine and Nonle Taylor.
Criminal Court Term
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To Convene On Jan. 4
Four murder cases and one
manslaughter case are on the
docket for the criminal term
of Warren County Superior
Court which will convene on
Monday morning; with Judge
Maurice E. Braswell of Fayettevllle
presiding.
Cases are docketed through
Wednesday, Jan. 6, as follows:
Monday - Herley Flnnell
Moss, speeding 110 miles per
hour In a 55 mph zone; Joseph
Eddie Alston, forcible entry and
assault with Intent to commit
rape; James Alfred Fields,
drunk driving; Larry Alonzo
Jordan, reckless driving and
speeding 85 miles per hour in a
55 mph zone; Charles Cheek,
carrying concealed weapon,
public drunkenness, and resisting
arrest; Charles Hargrove,
forgery; Douglas McArthur
Burnette, drunk driving, driving
while license revoked, and
transporting taxpald whiskey
with seal broken.
Also, Zollie Wilson, murder;
William N. Southerland, aiding
and abetting in murder; Otis
Alston, allowing drunk driving;
Johnnie Black we 11, second offense
of drunk driving and operating
a motoc vehicle without a
valid operator's license; BUlie
Tucker Ayscue, speeding 130
miles per hour In a 55 mph
zone; Romas McGee, Jr., possession
of utensils for manufacture
of Intoxicating liquor
for purpose of sale, and a second
offense of manufacturing
non-taxpaid liquor; Eddie
Holmes Williams, driving while
license, revoked; Elijah Rodwell,
second offense of drunk
driving.
Also, Martha Harrington, assault
with deadly weapon; B. C.
Brown, receiving stolen goods;
Louran Weber, in, speeding
56 miles per hour In a 35
mph zone, and no operator's
llnense; J|mtqH,enw«rdEvan»,
manslaughter; Alfloyd Alston,
four charges of assault with a
deadly weapon and one case of
affray.
Tuesday - Ivey Felts, second
offense of public drunkenness;
Lawrence Hoover Tuck, Jr.,
lending operator's license to
another person; Edward Ernest
Leonard, second offense of
drunk driving; James Albert
Turner, assault with deadly
weapon; Joseph Perry, jr.,
drunk driving; Wilson Feruver
Pendergrass, second offense of
drunk driving; James Otis Alston,
possession of utensils for
manufacture of whiskey; Rose
Bud Whitfield, murder; Mary
Chavls Jones, murder; George
Washington Bullock, murder.
Wednesday — Carl Eugene
Boyd, falling to reduce speed to
avoid an accident; George Owen
Hecht, drunk driving; Billy Ray
Hill, breaking Into coin operated
machine; Roy Lee Dlshman,
breaking Into coin operated machine;
Robert Champion, trespass;
Julius L. Roberts, Jr.,
allowing drunk driving.
jurors drawn for the term
are as follows:
Jurors held over from former
sessions to serve at the
January term are Richard John
Bender, Mary Elizabeth Davis,
Calvin Gardner Young, A. L.
Lynch.
Other jurors drawn for the
term are: Helen P. Alston,
Kora Grant Alston, Maxlne
Drake Baxter, Durell Boyd,
Walter R. Boyd, George Herbert
Brown, MelvlnM.Brown,
Mrs. Walker P. Bur we 11, Cynthia
Matthews Capps, Larry
Wayne Cheek, Grandlson
Christmas, Vlrgia Thompson
Coker, Lucy Ruth Coleman,
Janet Paschall Connell, Thomas
Grant Connell, Arch Copeland,
Alston Coplln, Rubin Arch
Creech, Jr., Landon C. Davis,
Henry Dlckerson.
Also, Charles Perry Ellington,
Jr., Lucy B. Epps, C. J.
Fleming, Mavis V. Fleming,
John Douglass Foutz, Dorothy
Dare Frazler, Aim eta Hargrove,
Raymond Allen Harris,
HI, Willcnon Harrison, Mrs.
Mary P. Harton, G. E. Harvey,
Clare Marie Hawkins. William
L. Hawkins, Joseph William
Hawks, Mrs. Haul L. Hlgbt,
Eddie La* Howard, George B,
Jones, W. C. Jones, James Jordan,
jr., Edmond Kersey, William
A. Kimball, Georft Willis
Koonce, James E. Lee,
Ma D. Martin, Geneva Christine
Moody, Ruby Palmer
Moore, Edward Harold Moselay,
Macon Gibbons Moseley.
Also, John D. Nasi, Mrs.
Weston R. Northington, Wflliam
V. Palmer, Jack Paschall,
JOhn O. Paynter, Billy Pernell,
T. H. Pettway, Blanche Josephine
Plummer, Thurston H.
Quinetchette, Ace Richardson,
Milch E. Richardson, Alma
Williams Robinson, Mary
Cheek Royster, Lawrence Williams
Seaman, Robert M.
SOver, Mrs. J. L. Skinner,
Barbara Babb Walker, Felix
Morgan Williams, Peter Wilson,
Harry James Young.
Local Garden Club Cited
For 'Outstanding Work'
Mrs. E. W. Harris, president of the Town 'N Country Garden
Club, left, Is shown accepting a check for $100 from Mrs. C. H.
Hawkins, center, and Mrs. 8. H. Brown, right, local Delta
sorors, and treasurer and secretary, respectively, of the 1971
Jabborwock Committee. Mrs. E. F. Ward of Wise, a third
Delta soror from this area, was absent when the picture was made
due to illness.
Si WV«i»l J UWVMU
Club at Warrenton was recently
chosen as the recipient of the
1070 CMC Award from the
Oxford - Henderson Alumnae
Chapter o f the Delta Sigma
Tfceta Sorority and was presented
a cheek tor $100 from the
sorority by Mrs. C, H. Hawkins,
local soro and treasurer
of tha sorority.
Mrs. Hawkins told tha membars
of tha dab prior to tha
presentation of tha check that
tha Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
Is a service organisation that
annually (Ives scholarship*
to deserving students and civic
awards to worthwhile organisations.
The /own K Country
Oarfon CWb was chad tor its
-civic projects and programs
over the past 22 years and especially
tor its part 1c (pettort
la the October "Aatt-MKar
Month" campaign.
of tftQM eloto over
ub put a rears nave includes
donating and planting shrubbery
at John R. Hawkins School (now
a Jr. High School); planting
trees la the Community Center
yard; donating an Incubator
to tfca nursery at Warren General
Hospital; clean-up campiigBs;
ffltunlhg vscsnt lots;
planting and maintaining a wayside
garden from which flower
arrangements wen donated to
churches, community center
and the hospital; sponsoring
the Little Pans tea jr. Garden
a* which had the honor of
being the Or at Jr. club to re
three years la succession, and
sponsoring lttterbng poster or
Football Fans Leave
By Chartered Bas For
Peach Bowl Gaiae
Seventeen Warrenton football
tans toft by chartered bus for
Atlanta, Ga., on Tuesday moraine
were to be joined by
the 18th member at the party
to witness the University of
North Carolina and Arizona
Strte play in the Peach Bowl
on Wednesday night.
Those In the party from War*
rent on were Dawson Alston, H.
w. Holt, Mrs. Junes Bullock,
Mrs. Alice Jonas, Mrs. Nancy
Blanksnshlp, Mrs. ElbaBaoset,
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Currln,
Mr. and Mrs. Whit S. Peoples,
Mr. and Mrs. 8. O. Mm and
Mrs. man's brother, Mr. McWhorter
at Washington, IX C.,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence BrOtoa,
Mrs. W. A. MOM and Dlaon
Ward. Mayor Mites, who was
scheduled to make the trip, was
delayed In Warranted Tuesday
due to a court case manning
the town and was scheduled
to fly to Atlanta on Tuesday
ntgtii to join the party.